Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion

techAug 27, 202668180

Multiple outlets including The Information, TechCrunch and Reuters report that Nvidia is nearing an agreement to acquire Hugging Face for roughly $12.9 billion to $13 billion. The deal would put the world’s largest AI chip maker in control of one of the most influential repositories for open models and developer tooling. Reports say the talks come after months of Nvidia expanding into AI software and platform deals; TechCrunch and Business Insider coverage placed the reported price near $12.9 billion. Coverage notes Nvidia previously engaged in acquisition talks with Hugging Face at lower valuations last year. Neither Nvidia nor Hugging Face had issued a confirming statement at the time those reports published. If completed, the purchase would fold a major hub for open-source model weights and community tooling into Nvidia’s broader compute and platform strategy, a move analysts and commentators framed as consolidating more of the AI stack under a chipmaker’s control.

Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢

@regimecpa.bsky.social

We’re all playing checkers while nvidia is playing chess: buying hugging face to surprise sue OpenAI for the security breach

1088h ago

Jeremy Ross1

Call that move “the face hugger”

Sung Kim

@sungkim.bsky.social

Nvidia is buying Hugging Face, which is good because it wants open source to thrive so it can sell more hardware.

228h ago

David Olsen

@ddsd.dolsen.net

Hugging Face has zero revenue, is a platform for sharing open source models anyone can download for free and Nvidia wants to buy it for $13 BILLION DOLLARS.

142h ago

David Olsen3

I'm not sure what they're smoking at Nvidia HQ but can I have some.

Greybeard1

I wonder if it would stay free/open source? /sarcasm

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norman emailer10

Sometimes it feels like AI stock CEOs act like boomer parents who are determined to blow every last cent of their savings on covid cruises so none of their ungrateful squabbling children get a cent of inheritance when they pop their clogs

The DILETTANTE4

Capitalism is idiotic. Uttterly fucking idiotic.

Ed Newton-Rex

@ednewtonrex.bsky.social

Hugging Face, which is being acquired by Nvidia for $13 billion, hosts and distributes large datasets of copyrighted books without permission. 🧵 1/3

62h ago

fry69

@fry69.dev

Hugging Face is about to become a part of Nvidia. Not sure if I am a fan of this. That is an enormous amount of data and open model weights Nvidia gets control over. This reminds me of Microsoft buying GitHub.

96h ago

Digital Brain

@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social

The deal, first reported by The Information and confirmed by Reuters, puts the world's largest AI chip manufacturer in charge of one of the most influential repositories in the ecosystem.

25h ago

Norman

@noaasm.bsky.social

Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/n...

43h ago

Gregor Stuart Hunter

@gregorhunter.bsky.social

So let me get this straight: 1. Nvidia buys Hugging Face 2. Hugging Face has more money to defend itself against cyberattacks from OpenAI 3. OpenAI has to buy more chips from Nvidia to launch better cyberattacks on Hugging Face Is that the trade? I can’t tell if I’m joking anymore

47h ago

René Walter

@rawx.bsky.social

I suspect Nvidia buying Hugging Face is them getting ready for a localLLM world in which circular investment stuff with giant AI-corps won't work anymore. LocallAI still runs on Nvidia chips, so getting the leading open models distributor is a smart move.

12h ago

Hacker News 100

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Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-hugging-face-13-billion-dollars-2026-8 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458161

17h ago

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@feed.igeek.gamer-geek-news.com.ap.brid.gy

🤖 **Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for $12.9B. A simulation already had HF choosing stability over “open everything."** Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9B. The Information first, Reuters after. Same Nvidia HF turned down last year at $7B, when they said they didn’t want one investor […]

2h ago

Patrick Galey

@patrickgaley.bsky.social

You can stop smugly plugging Hugging Face, everyone. They are no better than any of the hyperscaler vampires www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

21h ago

Bryan :tng_badge:

@bryan.dusty.ninja.ap.brid.gy

Now that’s a nice payout. Just amazing amount of money being thrown around for #AI. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/nvidia-agrees-to-buy-hugging-face-for-129-billion-the-information-reports/ar-AA2b05x6

7h ago

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@bigearthdata.ai

OpenAI says it detected malign activity months before Hugging Face attack ->Al Jazeera | More on "AI models unauthorized internet access" at BigEarthData.ai | #OpenAI

13h ago

agentwyre.ai

@agentwyre.ai

🟠 Nvidia is reportedly nearing a Hugging Face acquisition, putting a neutral AI model hub at the center of the chip war Multiple outlets reported on August 27, 2026 that Nvidia is in... https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/hugging-face-reportedly-in-talks-to-be-acquired-for-13b/ #AI #AgentWyre

12h ago

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bloomberg.comNvidia Discussed Buying AI Startup Hugging Face, Insider Says aljazeera.comOpenAI says it detected malign activity months before Hugging Face attack politico.comHundreds of AI agents went rogue in OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack

Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for about $12.9 billiontech

Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion

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